Active and Democratic Citizenship Education and its Challenges in Social Studies Classrooms

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ERSOY A. F.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, sa.55, ss.1-19, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14689/ejer.2014.55.1
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-19
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Citizenship education, active citizenship, democracy, human rights, social studies
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Problem Statement: Turkey's passive and task-oriented approach to citizenship education, which has endured since the Ottoman Empire period, has begun to change into more active and democratic citizenship education since Turkey joined the European Union. Identifying the practical problems as well as describing the challenges when practicing the Social Studies curriculum will contribute to citizenship education and its development, both in Turkey and in similar countries. Purpose of Study: The purpose of the present study is to explore the active and democratic citizenship education procedures in Social Studies course in Turkey and to determine the challenges encountered in active citizenship education.